Places held in image, memory, and landscape
Shen Garden in Shaoxing
A garden in Shaoxing's old city named after the Song-era Shen family garden, where by tradition Lu You met Tang Wan again and wrote 'Phoenix Hairpin', though whether it occupies the Song site is debated.
Mural guide
Anchang Ancient Town
Under the roof of a timber-pillared walkway hang strings of sausages, ducks and fish; beyond lies still water with a small covered boat, white-walled houses and a little stone arch bridge.
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- Phoenix Hairpin (Pink Delicate Hands)LyricsLu You
Cruel is the east wind, fragile is joy. A breast full of sorrow, years of lonely separation. Wrong, wrong, wrong! Though mountain vows endure, silk letters are impossible to send. Cease, cease, cease!